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I´m sorry about the delay with this chapter - once again I´ll spare you the boring details ;)

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Angel

Jacob Black

I had the speech prepared for a while. I just wanted to wait until the right moment came along.

This was it.

No turning back now.

Nessie followed me curiously from the backyard, she seemed nervous. If only she knew just how nervous I was.

I took her hand in mine and squeezed it reassuringly. My breathing consisted only of deep breaths. I was close to having a heart failure, but I had to do this.

I took Nessie to my car and motioned for her to get in. None of us had spoken a word to each other since I asked her if I could talk to her at the wedding party in the backyard.

The silence wasn´t uncomfortable but the tension was. We both knew that something big was coming and that it would change our lives forever.

"No turning back now, Jacob!" I thought to myself. Luckily enough the pack could only hear my thoughts in wolf form – otherwise they would tease me with no end about my cowardness.

We drove in silence to La Push. It wasn´t until I stopped the car that Nessie couldn´t take it anymore.

"Where are we going, Jake?" she asked and suddenly looked a little scared. "Is something wrong?"

"Nothing´s wrong Nessie," I answered her looking out the window. I was afraid to look her in the eyes. Afraid to lose my nerve.

"Then why won´t you look at me?" Nessie asked.

I hesitantly looked up but quickly looked away again. I opened the door and stepped outside. I took my time walking around the car and then opened the door for her.

"Come with me," I said while I held out my hand for her to take.

She took a deep breath and placed her small hand in mine.

I took her down to the beach where Sam and Emily had helped me by preparing the event. There really was no way back now.

Nessie gasped when she noticed the rose petals making a path. Her gaze followed the two lines of petals and then she finally saw the blanket a little further up the beach. Torches where lit along the path and a couple torches stood beside the blanket.

A bottle of champagne and two glasses were on the blanket along with a single white rose.

"Jake… I…," she started to stutter. I chuckled a little, since when did my Nessie ever stutter?

"Come with me?" I asked in almost a whisper.

She once again followed me without questions. I lead her to the blanket and stood before her and looked her straight in the eyes. This was it.

"Baby, you won my heart right from the beginning. You had me right then and there. You were and are everything I have ever dreamed of. For the stars in the sky there has never been any doubt, in my heart there has never been any doubt. You are the girl I´m meant to be with. You are my angel. From the moment I laid my eyes on you I changed. I have waited for you my whole life; you completed me right from the start. You are my whole world and I cannot imagine a future without you," I took time to take a couple of breaths while I got down on one knee.

Nessie looked like she was in shock; she just stood there with her eyes wide and her mouth slightly open, looking at me.

I took the single white rose in my free hand and took a deep breath.

"Renesmee Carlie Cullen, my angel. Will you do me the great honor and become my wife?" I finally asked.

Nessie was frozen to the spot and it had me a bit worried, I mean come on. She had to have seen this coming. I think the whole thing was pretty darned obvious.

I waited patiently for about 30 seconds before squeezing her hand to snap her out of la la land.

"Angel?" I asked. She didn´t respond but instead placed the hand I wasn´t holding on my right cheek.

Memories started to flow through my mind.

The first thing I saw was Nessie seeing me for the very first time. Through her eyes I could feel the love she felt instinctively from that moment. Although she didn´t understand it until very recently she had loved me from the beginning just like I had loved her.

We stayed like that for several minutes while Nessie kept showing me memories and from our past. Every memory she showed me confirmed her love for me. After a little while she removed her hand from my cheek and stared at me whit a small smile on her face.

She still hadn´t answered.

"Is that a yes?" I asked while chuckling nervously. You never knew with women, they say one thing and then act on another.

"Yes!" She squealed and I got up from my knee and embraced her in a tight hug. I started kissing her up her neck and finally reached her mouth. We shared a passionate kiss that could have gone on forever. I reluctantly pulled away and she pouted her best pout at me.

"I have something for you," I said while smiling at her pout.

She nodded, signaling me to continue. Unlike her mother, Nessie wasn´t opposed to surprises and gifts.

"First of all I want you to have this white rose. I want you to know that besides the great love I have for you, I also respect you as a woman, a person and an equal. You will never have to be alone; I will always be with you. That is what this rose stands for." I said while I handed her the rose.

"Thank you Jake," she said while a single tear rolled down her cheek.

"Most importantly," I said while I smiled nervously, "this proposal also comes with a ring."

I reached down in my pocket and took out a little black box. I slowly opened the box, anxiously waiting for Nessie´s reaction. I knew she was used to big, sparkling and expensive jewelry, but I did not exactly fall into that category of people that had a lot of money.

Nessie´s eyes fell to the ring and her eyes widened a little. I didn´t know if that was a good sign or a bad.

"My dad gave it to me. It was the one he gave to my mom the day they got engaged. I know it´s not much, but it´s been through a lot and has always represented love for me," I rambled on nervously.

The ring was a silver band with three princesses cut diamonds representing the past, the present and the future.

"Are you kidding me?" Nessie squeaked.

I still didn´t know if her reaction was a good or a bad sign.

"Erm…no?" I answered.

"Off course I love it!" she said and flashed me a big smile. "It means a lot to me that both you and your father want to share something so personal and special with me."

"You´re family. Always has been," I said while I took the ring out of the box. I slowly placed the ring on her finger and smiled like I had never smiled before.

"Fits perfect," she said and looked happily at her hand.

This was without a doubt the happiest moment of my life.

We spent about an hour on the beach just laying on the blanket and watching the stars in silence. We didn´t need to fill the moment with talk.

"Well it has been nice knowing you," Nessie suddenly whispered.

"What do you mean, Angel?" I asked rather confused.

"My dad is going to kill you for this," she snickered.

I burst out laughing. "You think so?"

"Oh yeah. He´ll never accept the fact that I´m not his little girl anymore," she answered trying to be serious.

I sat up and took her hand in mine.

"Well then it´s a good thing I went to your old man and asked him for your hand. And even better that he gave us his and your mother´s blessing," I said with a smug smile on my lips. Knowing Edward there would be no other way, he was ancient after all.

"He did?" Nessie asked perplexed. She looked like she was trying to decide to be happy or mad. Nessie hated it when people made decisions on her behalf, this was however a different situation.

After a minute her face lit up in the biggest smile.

"Aunt Alice is going to have a field day planning this thing," she said.

"I know," I groaned. The planning was not something I looked forward to. The women in this family, Alice in particular, were obnoxious in these situations. The only thing I was relieved about was the fact that the only thing I had to do was to show up. Nessie was the one who would have to endure endless hours of planning and deciding. Why Alice even bothered to ask was beyond me – she always did what she found best in the end anyways.

Nessie giggled at my response, but not even Alice could ruin the moment for me, for us.

I took Nessie in my arms and we looked up at the sky again, only to see a shooting star flying across the sky.

So this is the end of the road for Shooting stars - thank you so much for reading and a special thanks to those of you who have reviewed...

I´m still debating whether to write an epilogue and then let the story go - or a sequal with Nessie and Jakes future... Which one would you prefer????

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